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Ceyx and Alcyone: 40.3-12

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ceyx and Alcyone

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Woollett, William
Designer: Woollett, William
Painter: Wilson, Richard (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1769

Note

State with the title and with the publication line 'Published July 31st 1769, as the Act directs, by Wm Woollett, in Green Street, Leicester Fields, and Ryland & Bryer, at the King's Arms, in Cornhill, London'.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 40.3-12
Primary reference Number: 196595
Fagan (Woollett): 65
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Friday 12 April 2013 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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